NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has welcomed the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) probe into alleged irregularities in the renovation of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s new official residence.
The CBI registered a preliminary enquiry on Wednesday against “unknown public servant(s) of the Government of Delhi” to investigate allegations of “irregularities and misconduct.”
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AAP has rejected the allegations, but the BJP has said that the CBI probe will establish the truth.
Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva said, “CBI inquiry will soon establish that on whose instructions the norms for floating tenders for such constructions were violated.”
“The inquiry will also bring out that on whose instructions the PWD officials floated small tenders for the construction which was done without getting any sanction plan approved from MCD and above all the rejection of the plan submitted to the Delhi Urban Art Commission,” it added.
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Sachdeva also said that the Delhiites want to know from the CBI inquiry as to how Kejriwal got constructed a bungalow much bigger and above his entitlement for a Type-7 and how toilet seats worth lakhs and curtains of Rs 8 lakhs each were put up.
He also said that the CBI inquiry will establish who approved the rates and quality of the building material as well as the flooring marbles, wood work, and furnishing material used in the CM’s bungalow.
The BJP has staged several protests against the Kejriwal government ever since the allegations surfaced a few months ago.
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AAP has accused the BJP of using all its strength to destroy the AAP.
The CBI has started the probe by filing a preliminary enquiry. If anything concrete comes to light at a prima facie level, a case will be registered.
